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   Demit , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Demitting.] [L. demittere to send or bring down, to lower; de- + mittere to send. Cf. Demise.]
   To let fall; to depress. [R.]
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   They [peacocks] demit and let fall the same [i. e., their train].
   Sir T. Browne.
   
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   To yield or submit; to humble; to lower; as, to demit one's self to humble duties. [R.]
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   To lay down, as an office; to resign. [Scot.]
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   General Conway demitted his office.
   Hume.
   
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   Demit , v. i. [F. démettre to remove, se démettre to resign; dé- (L. dis-) + mettre to put, fr. L. mittere to send. Cf. Dismiss.] To lay down or relinquish an office, membership, authority, or the like; to resign, as from a Masonic lodge; -- generally used with an implication that the act is voluntary.
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   Demit, n. The act of demitting; also, a letter, certificate, or the like, certifying that a person has (honorably) demitted, as from a Masonic lodge.
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